INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION FROM HEAD OF SCHOOL DR. MEERA VISWANATHAN “The joy of learning is as indispensable to education as breathing is to running.” - Simone Weil
At Walker’s, education is understood as transforming — a venue where girls can emerge as authentic thinkers and doers, learning about the world, those around them and, perhaps most of all, about themselves. Education, literally from the Latin “the leading out,” signifies discovery, revelation, and most of all transformation. The educational philosopher Parker Palmer reminds us “We are here not only to transform the world, but to be transformed.” In the last fifteen years, educators have borne witness to three major ways in which teaching and learning have changed. Technology, and more specifically skills such as coding, transcend all disciplines. Learning has become more collaborative and interactive, rather than solitary learning and solely text-based teaching. Students today are also called upon to engage actively in original thinking, writing, and research. Opportunities are emerging for crowdsourced research that allow our students to work in tandem with higher education research institutions. We are committed to developing and delivering a comprehensive curriculum which has kept pace with helping girls realize their extraordinary potential and capabilities across a host of areas, including those in which traditionally women have been underrepresented. Courses such as the Small World Initiative where our students conduct real-world research on bacterial resistance and the discovery of new antibiotics, engineering and advanced computer science courses immerse our students in acquiring skills for emergent fields. Our humanities courses, including the Visiting Writer Seminar, Creative Writing and a full complement of electives, allow our students to become accomplished writers, whose work is published in national and
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